The Southern herald., 1887-11-05

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Hpu1 fntese9l|ne E1t1iI1
AaInaied a|ael.Ie
TIla lecsrId apa|.fala IS IAa torpedo
ash ia is defense. and H cert s|7stf
good one. Ila 6I8eliIe 54Aas AaFe
been compared 8 ihe TelEa|e Pile saE'
consist os Two zarles ~ laYsf A*
nuonn cells. tiie Intervening snHfes
belWeeH lhe plates being H|eq rib
lfamblins. ielly.like s||hs lahee l "a
4 racli cell 9nn hb eodipatad q q NeE
iar. Each torpedo cafIias ao1
hundred and eighty oI tssss %
tho whole being equa 81 aN9f
: About fifteen Issyden Jars
$500 square inches charged e Eas
/ highest dagreo. Tho uppeE sidqqT .||t
/ fish Ii positive, the lower neRHl|V 'e
shocks evidently being entirely q |e
will Of the strange e|hoIIIo'an z|le
/ torpedo II inet Nih frequently |5El
the Atlantic coast Especially along
The Georgia portion q i.
A naturalIsts ahce made aon0 ialaft
esting experiments. ONE oE which Waa
tho application oi the telephone y
torpedo to see If tho shock gnEe a.
! audible sound Such proved lo ba lue
case. 4 short low crosk acconpa J
ing moderate excitement. the div
charge lasting about one litecn|h s'
second Whom tho fish MAs eHaaEiY
axcited tho croak became eFtau.
sounding. It Was saia. Ike Ah9
tonality Of mi, and occupying IoaE p
Eve aeconds When hid attention n
scientific mon ii England was fist
called to the torpedo fish. Pr Walsh.
+. r. s., amused himsef and scientific
1 London with ono III these fishes 6iEHF
series Of experiments at tho Ile % 3
The performances took the iorla ol
4 piscatorlal seances' and II became Tho
rage to take 4 fish shock Wondtoas
medicinal virtue was asefihed t9 Il.
| and the demand Eor torpedsas brought
rich harvest to The fishermen THEFT
use III medicine. however, was not
new, as Discorides. tho physician 81
Antony and Cleopatra II said II haf4
made use 8of Them
Dr. Walsh's method was To piase
living torpedo upon . wet towel, from
plate ho suspended two pieces 9E
brass wire BY means u 4 sillken cord.
which served to insnlale them 4 5a''n.'
the torpedo were elgpt persons s5eIl1s
ing " insulating s''pssanens 's
end q tne Drnss Wlre was supported
Dy ne wet towel sne o1neissaa 9s.ne
placed II 2 pAslnsuai qR 5s;lss
iirst person mad nngeE e one as''e
n me pasin ana 2 n',Ref 2. s'e o.''S.
nana y : second pa8'n' A'se A'H z.
water inc SECOND person p''eeH
nnger o one hana - tnls seeona pas'n
ana = hngef q the othgE y 2 sH'FA
I pasin. Ane lnlra person ala ,hs sAI'sss
ana 70 o. until 2 eo'np1ete eal.'n was
established between tne slgAt pe.s2ss
ana nine oaslns' Anto tAe nm 2 R''s'.'
me END q tne second nFass ware Nas
plunged while ~ tsalsh applied s'ts
other END % inc paoK q sne 'otpe4Q.
tnus establishing compie1e eohapeset
circle
Az the moment when the szpe.i,
menter touched the torpedo! tne
actors ~ tho experiment iei1 = en''..s
shock similar II All respects % faa1
communicated oy the shock q 2 ley
den Jar only less intense: Inc tufps.
90 was then placed upQn ala anSasakea
supporter and communicated 70 tsze'a'
" persons similarly placed from 1afsY
e my shocks ~ = minute ana 9 hs'''
Each effort made bY she iish Wa7 nr'
companied by depression Of the az'z|
which were slightly projecting q '''''''
natural state, and seeEse1 z = q -,
within their orbits waiie tlle o''.E
parts OF the body remained ln'.e.''''
bic i only one q the two
were touched, ~ place cI as'ron4 z.a
sudden shock only q slight sensation
was experIenced-a numbness rather
than = shock Inc same resn's sel-
lowed with every experiment tried
The fish was tried with 2 non-eonduei'
log rod, and no shock tollowad' glass
Or 4 rod covered with WIZ produced Hq
effect touched with psse'ile H'Ef'
a violent shock toliQ1,1 Boston
physician IN making ex a2fI'N7I17 H'4'.
q powerful fish was segaEal times Assl|s
nIofnIR HnftrnH and when MI#f#=45f".